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Toby yelled.
    The boys high-fived and walked away.
    “Aw. Too bad,” said Kate.
    The peel looked darker and flatter. But more slippery, too, Sophie thought.
    “No, it’s okay,” Sophie told Kate. “The next person that steps on it will slip for sure!”
    The only thing was almost every kid in third grade — except Sophie and Kate—had already put his or her tray away.

    Ms. Moffly was walking around the cafeteria. “Time to go, class,” she called.
    Kate licked the last drop of syrup off her plate and stood up. “Come on, Sophie,” she said. “Recess time. We’ve got to go.”
    “I know,” Sophie said slowly. And she sighed — half because she had eaten a brown banana for nothing, and half because she had not gotten a chance to be a hero.
    Then, suddenly, Sophie saw something that made her grab Kate’s shoulder. Ms. Moffly was headed straight for the banana peel!
    “Uh-oh,” said Kate under her breath.
    But Sophie shook her head quickly. Kate did not understand. There was a very clear picture in Sophie’s mind — a picture of her saving Ms. Moffly. If she did that, she would be the biggest hero in the world!
    Sophie stood up and pushed in her chair. She was ready to spring into action!
    But Ms. Moffly did not slip. Instead, she stopped, bent down, and picked up the peel. Theteacher shook her head and tossed the banana peel into the trash can. Then she turned and smiled at Kate and Sophie.
    “That was close. I might have slipped!” she said. “Now hurry and clean up, girls. It’s time for recess.”
    “That
was
close!” Kate said as they watched Ms. Moffly walk off.
    “I know,” Sophie groaned. “If only she
had
slipped. That would have been awesome!”
    Kate looked at her. “What do you mean?”
    “I mean, I could have saved Ms. Moffly!” Sophie said. “Then I would have been
her
hero!”
    Sophie sighed as she picked up her tray and walked over to the trash can. “Oh, if only she had sli —
AGH!”
    And that was when Sophie stepped right on the slippery spot where the banana peel had been. Her feet flew up. Her tray flew back. And she landed—
OUCH!
— smack on her bottom.
    Kate ran to her side. “Are you okay, Sophie?” she asked.
    Sophie looked down at the syrupy plate stuck to the front of her shirt. The big
H
was completely covered.
    “I guess. But I might need to use your set of Emergency Clothes today,” Sophie told Kate glumly.
    Then Sophie looked up to see the fifth graders coming in. It was time for their lunch. Sophie’s sister, Hayley, was walking next to Kim.
    “Hey, Hayley,” said another girl. “Isn’t that your sister?”
    Sophie quickly closed her eyes. She did not want to see Hayley laugh. Or roll her eyes. Or shake her head.
    But then she felt a hand on her arm. “What happened?” Hayley asked.
    Sophie shrugged. “Just trying to be a hero. That, and the floor’s a little slippery, I guess.”
    Hayley almost rolled her eyes then. But instead, she helped Sophie up.
“Try
to be more careful,” she said.
    “I will,” said Sophie.
    Kate patted Sophie’s shoulder. “I’ll make sure she does,” Kate said. Then she added, “Hey, how’s Rumplesnakeskin?”
    Hayley smiled. “Oh, he’s good. But he sure freaked out our student teacher today,” she said with a laugh. Then Hayley gave a little wave, flipped her hair, and went back to her friends.
    That was when Sophie smiled the biggest smile she’d smiled all day. Not just because she really loved Hayley. But also because her sister had given her a super-amazing, totally heroic idea!

S ophie and Kate headed outside for recess, but Sophie did not plan to stay for long. She had a different plan: to sneak inside her sister’s classroom while the fifth grade was at lunch. She’d find their snake and borrow it to take back to her own classroom.
    Then the fun part would start!
    Sophie would hide the snake somewhere Ms. Moffly would surely find it. And when Ms. Moffly did find it—and freaked out! — Sophie